After the BGA and Crain’s Chicago Business raise questions about a member of the CTA retirement fund soliciting charitable donations from financial firms working for the pension agency, the Regional Transportation Authority and the CTA retirement fund pledge a review to see whether rules or laws were violated.
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TAXES PAID
Just days after the BGA questions U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) about his finances, he pays nearly $16,000 in delinquent property taxes, some going back five years.
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation
CTA Union Hits Up Pension Advisers
In what experts regard as a potentially serious conflict of interest, a union official who sits on the CTA’s pension board has been soliciting donations from financial firms doing business with the retirement fund.
Posted inAnalysis, Perspective, Policy
When A Teen Plays Cop
The teenage son of DuPage County Sheriff John Zaruba was too young to vote, buy a beer or work as a deputy in his father’s cop shop.
Posted inAnalysis, Perspective, Policy
When A Teen Plays Cop
The teenage son of DuPage County Sheriff John Zaruba was too young to vote, buy a beer or work as a deputy in his father’s cop shop.
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation
The ABCs Of UNO
How the United Neighborhood Organization used clout to grow from a small Latino community group into a multi-million-dollar enterprise subsidized by taxpayers – and how old-school politics might be its undoing.
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation
UNO, Law Firm In Harmony
The United Neighborhood Organization wasn’t the only one benefiting from a $98 million state grant – the law firm of an influential state lawmaker also got a cut.
Posted inAnalysis, Perspective, Policy
Before Getting Another Dime In Funding, Circuit Clerk Needs To Embrace Reforms
Dorothy Brown’s 13-year reign as Cook County’s Circuit Court Clerk gets mixed reviews, but two things are pretty evident: She’s bold, and politically connected.
Posted inAnalysis, Perspective, Policy
Before Getting Another Dime In Funding, Circuit Clerk Needs To Embrace Reforms
Dorothy Brown’s 13-year reign as Cook County’s Circuit Court Clerk gets mixed reviews, but two things are pretty evident: She’s bold, and politically connected.
Posted inAnalysis, Perspective, Policy
One Resolution: Lose The Fat (From Governmental Bodies)
This is how a wishful watchdog hopes our Illinois state legislators spent New Year’s Eve: Popping a Champagne cork, strapping on a party hat, pulling out a kazoo — and then considering some serious resolutions.